Antibiotics in biliary surgery
- 1 August 1976
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 63 (8) , 627-630
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800630817
Abstract
Infection is the major cause of morbidity following biliary surgery and it has been shown that the patients with infected bile can be detected preoperatively. This paper presents the results of a controlled trial comparing patients expected to have infected bile who received surgical treatment with and without antibiotic therapy. The results showed a reduction in the incidence and severity of complications in the treated group.Keywords
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